Case law

Tom Love Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.

166 Tenn. 275 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1933

(Va.), 548; Ibbettson v. Brown, 5 Iowa, 532 ; Machaska County v. Ingalls, 16 Iowa, 91 ; United States v. Mulholland, 50 Fed., 419 , and our own cases of Peck v. State, 86 Tenn., 267 ; Rhea v. … Lyons, 97 Tenn., 180 ; Nichol v. Ridley, 5 Yerg., 62 ; Wright v. State, 9 Yerg., 341 ; Cox v.

Hamilton v. Brownsville Gaslight Co.

115 Tenn. 150 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1905

." *153 The question is fully treated in Barnes v. Brown, 1 Tenn. Ch. App., 740 . The holding in that case is followed in the case of Anderson v. Post (Tenn. Ch. App.), 38 S. … W., 283 , which case is approved by the case of Dunn v. Dunn, 99 Tenn., 612 , 42 S. W., 259 , and the same doctrine is also held by this court in the case of Randolph v.

Parker v. Bethel Hotel Co.

31 L.R.A. 706 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1896

Zinc Co. v. Franklinite Co., 13 N. J. Eq., 322, 335; Brinkerhoof v. Brown, 7 Johns. Ch., 217 ; Barclay v. Talman, 4 Edw. Ch., 123 . … In Smith v.

Railway Co. v. Lilly

90 Tenn. 563 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1891

Trafford v. … Brown, 5 Cold., 168 ); and in the latter case the husband, if living, is entitled to the recovery, upon the ground that the word “ widow,” as used in the statute, includes both the feminine and the masculine gender, and means

Gunter v. Laboratory Corp. of America

121 S.W.3d 636 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2003

See Shousha v. … Brown v. Dunstan, 219 Tenn. 291 , 409 S.W.2d 365, 367 (1966) (quoting Commerce Oil Ref. Carp. v. Miner, 98 R.I. 14 , 199 A.2d 606 (1964)).

Griffin v. Davidson County

194 Tenn. 335 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 11, 1952

“As is pointed out, the statute in question is very similar in its import to the statutes setting up the State Board of Claims of Tennessee (Code Section 1034.26 et seq.) … “See Wilson v. Wilson, 134 Tenn. 697 , 185 S. W. 718 ; Hamilton County v. Bryant, 175 Tenn. 123 , 132 S. W. (2d) 639 ; Hamilton County v. Gerlach, 176 Tenn. 288 , 140 S. W. (2d) 1084 , and other cases.

Kirtland v. Purdy University

75 Tenn. 243 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1881

The original stock was subscribed by individuals, who elected a board of trustees, by whom land was bought and a building erected. … Lit., 299 a; Hafner v. Irwin, 4 D. & B., 435. The words, moreover, do not create a condition, or provide for a divestiture of title by a failure to use in a particular mode: Ramsey v. E. & Ky. R. Co. 3 Tenn.

Wilson v. Winters

108 Tenn. 398 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 15, 1902

Farrar v. Bridges, 5 Hum., 411 ; Davis v. Cross, 14 Lea, 637 ; Ledgerwood v. Gault, 2 Lea, 643 . … To the same effect is Overman v. Kerr, 17 Iowa, 485 ; Johnson v. Brook, 31 Miss., 17 ; Sanburn v. Sanburn, 7 Gray (Mass.), 142 ; 1 Devlin on Deeds, Sec. 273, and Brown on Statute of Erauds, Sec. 354.

Lewisburg Community Hospital, Inc. v. Alfredson

805 S.W.2d 756 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1991

Ass’n, 497 So.2d 1261, 1264 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1986) (“majority view is that a Hospital’s Bylaws, when approved and adopted by the governing board, become a binding and enforceable contract”); Robinson v. … The Hospital cites Collins v.

Smith v. Smith's Transfer Corp.

735 S.W.2d 221 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 3, 1987

See Jones, 679 S.W.2d 445 (Tenn.1984) and Hibner v. St Paul Mercury Insurance Co., 619 S.W.2d 109 (Tenn. 1981). … Boling worker’s compensation benefits but this Court reversed, distinguishing Boling from Brown Shoe Co. v. Reed, 209 Tenn. 106 , 350 S.W.2d 65 (1961).

Quinn v. Hester

135 Tenn. 373 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1916

the powers and duties of said board or corporation. … State v. Wilson, supra.

Knoxville Traction Co. v. Lane

103 Tenn. 376 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1899

Rose v. Railroad, 106 N. C. Rep., 170 ; Cooper v. Railroad, 36 Wis., 657 ; Lafitte v. New Orleans City & Lake Railroad Co. (La.), L. R. A. Rep., Vol. 12, 337; Goddard v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. (57 Me., 202), 2 Am. … Doughty v. Shown, 1 Heis., 302; Railroad Co. v. Garratt, 8 Lea, 439 ; Cox v. Crumley, 5 Lea, 529 .

State v. Michael

629 S.W.2d 13 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 15, 1982

Based upon the abuse of discretion standard for review of State v. … Moten v. State, 559 S.W.2d 770, 773 (Tenn.1977). I.

Brewer v. Norman

190 Tenn. 117 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1950

Robertson v. Davis, 169 Tenn. 659, 677 , 90 S. W. 2d 746 ; State v. Standard Oil Co., 120 Tenn. 86 , 110 S. W. 565 ; Adams v. Chattanooga Co., 128 Tenn. 505, 519 , 161 S. W. 1131 ; Green v. … Wilkins v. McCorkle, 112 Tenn. 688, 708 , 80 S. W. 834 ; Reinhardt v. Nealis, 101 Tenn. 169, 172-173 , 46 S. W. 446 ; Robertson v. Winchester, 85 Tenn. 171, 183-186 , 1 S. W. 781 ; Hopper v.

State v. Larry Allen Hicks

Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 11, 2001

Ed.2d 1116 (1976) (upholding highway checkpoints near the border aimed at detecting illegal aliens); See also Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47, 99 S. Ct. 2637, 61 L. … Downey, 945 S.W.2d at 107 (quoting Brown, 443 U.S. at 40-51, 99 S. Ct. at 2640).

Miller v. City of Memphis

181 Tenn. 15 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1944

In Chattanooga v. Norman, 92 Tenn., 73, 77 , 20 S. … The Court cannot substitute its own judgment for that of the Council or Board of Commissioners as to these matters. As was said in Chattanooga v.

State of Tennessee v. Courtney Bishop

431 S.W.3d 22 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 6, 2014

State v. Huddleston, 924 S.W.2d at 674-75 (quoting Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 598 (1975)). … United States v. Brown, 617 F.3d 857, 862-63 (6th Cir. 2010); see also Smith v. United States, 348 U.S. at 153-54.

Graham v. Hamilton County

224 Tenn. 82 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 30, 1969

Jones et al. v. Cocke County (1967), 57 Tenn.App. 496 , 420 S.W.2d 587 . … McCormick v.

Casteel v. Southern Ry. Co.

187 Tenn. 586 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

Co. v. Frakes et al., 11 Tenn App. 593. … Railroad Co. v. Morgan, 132 Tenn. 1, 13 , 175 S. W. 1148 , 1151.

Coleman v. Anderson

620 S.W.2d 77 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 20, 1981

The Court of Appeals relied upon and applied the rule stated in Farmer v. Farmer, 528 S.W.2d 539 (Tenn.1975) and Santi v. Crabb, 574 S.W.2d 732 (Tenn.1978). The contract between the parties was dated May 12, 1975. … At that time he went to the offices of the Licensing Board and had a discussion with the Executive Director, Mrs. Ethel Elam. Mrs.